Charter and By-Laws of the Royal Irish Academy
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Charter and By-Laws of the Royal Irish Academy As amended and approved at the Stated General Meeting of the Academy 30 November 2020 1 Contents Contents The Charter of the Royal Irish Academy 1786 ........................................................................................... 3 Chapter I .............................................................................................................................................................. 8 Constitution and Organisation ................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter II ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 The President, Vice-Presidents and Council ........................................................................................... 9 Chapter III.......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Meetings of the Academy ......................................................................................................................... 11 Chapter IV......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Election, Admission and Resignation of Members .............................................................................. 13 Chapter V .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Honorary Members .................................................................................................................................... 15 Chapter VI......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Payments to be made by Members ........................................................................................................ 16 Chapter VII ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Election of President, Council and Officers .......................................................................................... 17 Chapter VIII ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 The Secretaries and the Executive Committee ................................................................................... 23 Chapter IX ........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Treasurer, Finance and Investment Committee, Audit and Risk Committee .............................. 24 Chapter X ......................................................................................................................................................... 26 The Corporate Seal of the Academy ..................................................................................................... 26 Chapter XI ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 Academy Publications ................................................................................................................................ 27 Chapter XII ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 The Library ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter XIII ...................................................................................................................................................... 29 Enacting, Altering and Repealing of By-Laws ........................................................................................ 29 2 The Charter of the Royal Irish Academy 1786 George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all unto whom these presents shall come, Greeting, Whereas the institution of societies for the advancement of learning (within our kingdom of Great Britain, and also in countries beyond the seas), hath been found by experience to have greatly tended to the increase of useful knowledge: And whereas several of our loving subjects of our city of Dublin, and kingdom of Ireland, have lately met together, for their mutual improvement in the studies of science, polite literature, and antiquities: And whereas we are willing to give encouragement to studies of that nature in all parts of our dominions, and more especially in our said kingdom of Ireland, which was in ancient times famous for its schools and seminaries of learning, and hath since produced many persons eminent in every branch of science; and are desirous that useful, curious, and polite literature should, under our Royal Patronage, and special protection, continue to flourish and increase: Have of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by and with the advice and consent of our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin and counsellor, Charles Duke of Rutland, our Lieutenant-general and General-governor of our kingdom of Ireland, and according to the tenor and the effect of our letters under our privy signet and sign manual, bearing date at our Court of St. James’s, the 28th day of September, 1785, and in the 25th year of our reign, and now enrolled in the rolls of our High Court of Chancery, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, constituted and appointed, and by these presents for Us, our heirs, and successors, We will, ordain, constitute, declare, and grant, that our well beloved subjects, our right trusty and well beloved cousin and counsellor James Earl of Charlemont, of our said kingdom of Ireland; our right trusty and right entirely beloved counsellor Richard Lord Rokeby, Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland; our right trusty and well beloved cousin and counsellor James Earl of Clanbrassill; our right trusty and well beloved cousin John Earl of Moira; our Right Reverend and well beloved Father in God Thomas Lord Bishop of Killaloe; our Right Reverend and well beloved Father in God John Lord Bishop of Clonfert; our Right Reverend and well beloved Father in God William Lord Bishop of Waterford; our Right Reverend and well beloved Father in God Thomas Lord Bishop of Dromore; our right trusty and well beloved counsellor John Hely Hutchinson, Doctor of Laws, our principal Secretary of State in the kingdom of Ireland; our right trusty and well beloved counsellor Denis Daly, esq.; our right trusty and well beloved counsellor William Conyngham, esq.; our trusty and well beloved Charles Vallancey, esq.; our well beloved in Christ the Reverend Richard Murray, Vice-Provost of Trinity College; our well beloved in Christ the Reverend Hugh Hamilton, Dean of Armagh; our trusty and well beloved Richard Kirwan, esq.; our trusty and well beloved Edmond Malone, esq.; our well beloved in Christ the Reverend Michael Kearney, Doctor in Divinity; our trusty and well beloved Adair Crawford, Doctor in Physic; our well beloved in Christ the Reverend William Hales, Doctor in Divinity; our trusty and well beloved George Cleghorne, Doctor in Physic; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend Henry Ussher, Doctor in Divinity; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend John Kearney, Doctor in Divinity; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend John Waller, Doctor in Divinity; our trusty and well beloved John Purcell, Doctor in Physic; our trusty and well beloved Robert Perceval, Doctor in Physic; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend Matthew Young, Master of Arts; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend Digby Marsh, Master of Arts; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend George Hall, Master of Arts; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend Richard Stack, Master of Arts; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend William Hamilton; our trusty and well beloved Lawrence Parsons, esq.; our trusty and well beloved William Preston, esq.; our trusty and well 3 beloved William Ball, esq.; our well beloved in Christ, the Reverend James Archbold Hamilton, Doctor in Divinity; our trusty and well beloved William Deane, Doctor learned in the law; our trusty and well beloved Richard Lovell Edgeworth, esq.; our trusty and well beloved James Gandon, esq.; and our trusty and well beloved Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, President of our Royal Society at London; and such others as shall be elected in the manner hereinafter directed, to be one body politick and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of the Royal Irish Academy, for promoting the study of science, polite literature, and antiquities; of which Academy we do hereby declare ourselves the founder and patron, and by the same name to have perpetual succession, and to purchase, have, take, receive, and enjoy, to them and their successors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of whatsoever nature or kind, not exceeding in the whole the clear yearly value of £l,000 sterling; and also all manner of goods and chattels of what value soever, and by the same name